Giovanni Battista Scaramelli
Giovanni Battista Scaramelli (24 November 1687 – 11 January 1752) was an Italian Jesuit, ethicist, and ascetical writer.
Biography
He was born at Rome and died at Macerata in 1752. He entered the Society of Jesus on 21 September 1706. He devoted himself to preaching and the ministry for fifteen years.
Legacy
According to Dominican theologian Jordan Aumann, Scaramelli was the first to use the term "asceticism" in contradistinction to the older word mystical after the term had been introduced by the Franciscan friar named Dobrosielski into the Latin usage of western theology in 1655. Scaramelli's work on ethics in his Directorium Asceticum has stood the test of time and integrates well with the evidence from modern psychology.[1]
Writings
- Vita di Suor Maria Crocifissa Satellico Monaca francescana nel monastero di monte Nuovo (1750)
- Discernimento de' spiriti per il retto regolamento delle azione proprie ed altrui. Operetta utile specialemente ai Direttori delle anime (1753)
- Direttorio ascetico in cui s'insegna il modo di condurre l'Anime per vie ordinarie della grazia alla perfezione christiana, indirizzato ai direttori della Anime (1752) (English edition Directorium Asceticum)
- Il direttorio mistico indirizzato a' direttori di quelle anime che Iddio conduce per la via della contemplazione (1754)
- Dottrina di S. Giovanni della Croce (1860)[2]
His books online
works of Scaramelli at archive.org
Notes
- ^ "Giovanni Battista Scaramelli" Catholic Encyclopedia (New Advent)
- ^ Ollion, Henri (1912). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 13. .
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Ollion, Henri (1912). "Giovanni Battista Scaramelli". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 13.
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- 1687 births
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